Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 7hYes please. But not just elementary! Make it happen for middle and high schoolers too. 000
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Two in one day—you are bold! I got my flu shot (only) today. It’s my Indigenous People’s Day tradition. 010
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/how-man...newyorkfamilyhistory.orgHow Manhattan Island Banished Marble Hill to the Mainland (but not to the Bronx) | New York Genealogical & Biographical SocietyIs Marble Hill part of the Bronx or Manhattan? Read the fascinating history behind one of New York's most important infrastructure projects, and how it caused a dispute that's lasted over 100 years. 000
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I didn’t realize it was legally part of Manhattan. I ride through marble hill every Saturday on my way to Inwood. I have to ride over a bridge to get to Manhattan. So you can understand my thinking. 010
Reposted by Gail JaitinBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner to strategize about "common ground." Will he meet privately with Ilhan Omar to discuss how House members will defend her? She is a sitting Democratic member of the House.nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 514127
Reposted by Gail JaitinBikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 12/10/2026‘Tis the season: Lin Manuel Miranda does Werewolf Bar Mitzvah www.instagram.com/reel/DeYA-AM... 0131
Reposted by Gail JaitinBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/11/2025TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/ 19318
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Marble Hill is in the Bronx. It used to be part of Manhattan, but they moved it. I’m not kidding. Google it. 100
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’m a teacher at an nyc public high school. We were promised copies of the “Know Your Rights” comics at the beginning of the school year. So far none have arrived. Would love to see them distributed! 110
Reposted by Gail JaitinWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 12073971887
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mamdani draws anger from New York Times editors and owners Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Focused on Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/n...nytimes.comMamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza AttacksAfter calling the anniversary of the attacks on Israel “profoundly painful,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza, prompting criticism from some Jewish leaders. 000
Reposted by Gail JaitinThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2026The golden statue by by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt is on display at the European Parliament. trib.al/D8tqHkytrib.alNaked Trump Statute Goes on Display in European ParliamentThe golden statue, named The Orange Plague, is now at the European Parliament. 27821
Reposted by Gail JaitinAI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We’re fighting to keep New York City from rolling out dangerous pilots to test AI on high schoolers - please sign the petition to tell them to stop! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...actionnetwork.orgCancel the High School PilotsOur high school kids are not guinea pigs for big tech. They shouldn't be required to beta test AI to line the pockets of billionaires or fuel construction of polluting data centers that threaten their... 06216
Reposted by Gail JaitinProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)propublica.orgHow UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at RiskUnited used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due... 24883508
Reposted by Gail JaitinGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/10/2026At Monday's hearing, City Councilmember Eric Dinowitz repeatedly asked an OpenAI rep if this tech would write entire essays for students and she repeatedly avoided answering. The entire company is predatory trash run by obfuscators and liars. 212127
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Glad to hear my city council member is doing his job. 010
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I found mine and it’s mostly right but got one wrong. 100
Reposted by Gail JaitinBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As the Supreme Court considers this case, we should make this absolutely clear with both our words and actions: Oil companies must be held financially liable for the widespread destruction they've wrought.nytimes.comSupreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change CaseThe justices began their new term with a landmark dispute over whether local governments can hold oil companies liable for damages from climate change. 724252
Reposted by Gail JaitinGender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5 131108296
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Omg getting gang raped by seven men while unconscious is NOT CASUAL SEX. WTF 072
Reposted by Gail Jaitinkaranormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 01/06/2024🎶 you know the day destroys the night night divides the day tried to run tried to hide BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE 452368615
Reposted by Gail JaitinAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030971089
Reposted by Gail Jaitin#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 23/09/2026Elon is now above $16,000,000 spent on the mid-terms. Top races so far: -$5,174,007.32 in TX against @jamestalarico.bsky.social -$3,193,553.94 in OH against @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social -$3,092,319.94 in MI against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social 11319171
Reposted by Gail JaitinThe USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mf’er is like Batman. 317118672530
Reposted by Gail JaitinJohn Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026All it takes is loving one person with an intellectual disability, or one person who themselves loves a person like that in their life, for you to stop saying that word. We grew up with it in the 80s. And I stopped using it when I saw I'd hurt someone I cared about. Everyone can and should. 0135
Reposted by Gail JaitinChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comEgypt’s Warning to IsraelCairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza. 871170364
Reposted by Gail JaitinMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Republicans' fear of fake socialism in the United States is bringing about real fascism in the United States. Mainly because they are too ignorant to know the difference. 641560470
Reposted by Gail JaitinTalkTeaV @talkteav.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bicycle helmets will fill the Grand Concourse when the Tour de Bronx returns Oct. 4 for its 32nd ride. Cyclists will start at 161st Street and Grand Concourse, choose from three routes, and finish at the New York Botanical Garden. #newyorkcity #bronxevents #bikenyc www.talkteav.com/tour-de-bron...talkteav.comTour de Bronx Returns for Its 32nd Ride Across the BoroughMore than three decades after the first Tour de Bronx, thousands of cyclists are preparing for another trip through the borough Oct. 4 with three cycling routes. 0104
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think Keith is great. I know I’m in a minority but Howie’s “old man yells at cloud” shtick has worn thin. 110
Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yeah my thoughts exactly. Why would he want to come here. Money isn’t the only thing. 000
Reposted by Gail JaitinLanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026But cars… #WarOnWalking youtube.com/shorts/yX2iK...youtube.comSidewalk driving near Yonge & Bloor in TorontoYouTube video by Johnny Strides 25410
Reposted by Gail JaitinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Other news organizations should leave the White House. They can of course still cover the administration--almost none of their coverage depends on being there physically. But they shouldn't stay there, raising their hands dutifully in the briefing room, as if it's business as usual. 1372615554